Thomas. Heard a whistleblower has cast doubt on the way the International Chemical weapons watchdog handled last years alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of. Internal email from an unnamed employee who claims the organization misrepresented facts in its official report the released by wiki leaks coincides with the o. P. C. W. s 5 Day Conference which is now underway in the hague. On the agenda. Is just routine administrative stuff but this thing this and this whistleblower email is certainly the big elephant in the room because it was compiled by one of the. P. C. W. s report on the 20 chemical attack in the syrian. And while his words i should say sum up better than anything hes feelings when he. Saw what the report that he was working on turned out to be as hes accusing the o. P. C. W. Of manipulating facts after reading the modified report i was struck by how much it misrepresents the facts an unintended bias has been introduced into the report undermining its credibility cr
Slicing through lee county, Sonoma County. The airflow is offshore and there is your breeze. Nap and fearful gusting up to 30. Nevada, 24. Highs today will be 74 in santa rosa. We do have traffic that is going to be okay if youre driving to the bay bridge. Lets go there. Traffic is moving along well. If you are driving up to the toll plaza it is light. We are looking at a commute where the east bay is off to a good start including the tracy commute so far and also its lets go back to the desk. Because of changes in the weather pg e now says we will not see the widespread power safety shutoffs first planned. The new plan for shutoffs will now affect 150,000 pg e customers and 18 counties around the state. That includes almost 43,000 customers in napa, solano and lake county along with part of Sonoma County. Though shutoffs are due to begin at 7 00 this morning. However pg e says later this afternoon Sonoma County will have a second phase of power safety shutoffs beginning at 4 pm. Emerg
Legislation that could improve communication during powder shutoffs. He will propose requiring cell phone towers be equipped with backup generators. He also wants to have utilities provide battery packs to all customers who need electricity for lifesaving medical devices. Stay with us here at ktvu for the latest on todays power shut off. You can also get updates on website, ktvu. Com. Heres a look some of the top stories this morning. New rules for shortterm rental owners in orinda. City leaders unanimously passed a 45 day ordinance that requires the host to personally greet the guests and stay there on the property. It also requires a two night minimum stay. The Orinda City Council will meet again december 17 and may extend the ordinance or make it permanent. Conservative commentator ann coulter scheduled to speak at uc berkeley tonight. The Berkeley College republicans hosting the event in a speech call, adios america. People opposed coulter say they will stage a protest outside whee
Will be busy at the Altamont Pass with slow traffic on 205 l no major issues driving into hayward. We do have traffic that is also going to be okay here and at the bay bridge toll plaza. Is a little bit of a backup. No problems on the bridge into San Francisco. Because of changes in the weather, pg e now says we will not see the widespread power safety shutoffs that were first planned. The new plan for shutoffs will now affect 150,000 pg e customers and 18 counties across the state. That includes almost 43,000 customers in napa, solano and lake counties along with part of Sonoma County. And those shutoffs are due to begin at 7 00 this morning. However pg e says later this afternoon Sonoma County will have a second phase of power safety shutoffs beginning at 4 pm. Emergency Officials Say preparing for all of this is getting easier but its taking a toll. It is becoming a machine that we are able to quickly and efficiently put into motion. Its not getting easier for the community. We full
This morning until tomorrow morning at 7 am. Highs today in the 60s unless you get a north wind and then will be in the 70s. right now we have traffic that will be busy if you are driving on 80 westbound and driving into the macarthur maze area. I can see traffic is slow there and also unconquered, highway 4, slow traffic. We do have a look at the commute on interstate 880 and theres no major issues on the peninsula. A little bit of slowly beginning to develop in the south bay commute. Now its 6 01 am lets go back to the desk. We begin with developing news and East San Jose were police are searching for a driver behind a deadly hitand run. The collision happened shortly after 10 00 last night at the intersection of alan rock and jackson avenue. The driver of a 1999 honda hid a tesla head on and then veered into another lane and hit a dodge durango. The driver of the honda ran off but left two passengers in the car. One witness tells us he got to the victims first before paramedics a